Rashida Foster
Janice Hunter
Office and Administrative Program Manager
A San Francisco Native and current 35-year resident of Oakland, CA. Was
introduced in 2016 to the fight for Health and Environmental Justice, while
volunteering at the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project and
shadowing Co-Directors Ms. Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge. In 2016
After attending the Environmental Justice (EJ) Coalition Conference, I began
working with Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, managing the
administrative work; assisting with Youth Leadership Academies and helping
lead Bayview Hunters Point community campaign to reduce diesel emissions
from trucks and buses, in addition to working on AB617 and Disadvantage
Community Tribal Involvement Program (DACTIP). For over 31 years,
worked as a professional training manager in the Telecommunications
industry whose focus was on customer service supporting Business &
Consumer customers. This role included designing and facilitating training
within the US and internationally to a diverse population, including both virtual
and face-to-face audiences. Community involvement and leadership include
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice; Community NETwork Bay
Area Chapter, Executive Board of Directors; Co-founder, African American
Women for Social Justice; Volunteer for West Oakland Environmental
Indicators Project; Environmental Justice Working Groups; Host Committee
Volunteer for Super Bowl 50.
Ms. Margaret Gordon
Co-founder and co-director of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP)
A lifetime community activist who has been collaborating with neighborhood organizations, physicians, researchers, and public officials to ensure West Oakland residents enjoy a clean environment. Since 1994, through research, data collection, and analysis, a body of community-based participatory research has led to safer jobs, schools, and homes. Ms. Margaret’s expertise has earned her roles in a number of local and state advisory boards and steering committees, including the California Environmental Health Tracking Project’s Alameda County Pilot Project, the West Oakland Project Area Committee, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Community Air Risk Evaluation Program. Appointed by then-Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums to the Oakland Port Commission in 2007, she spent the next five years stridently promoting the interests of community health, workers’ health, and fiscal responsibility in Port operations. Since 2010, WOEIP has ventured into Citizen Science and technical engineering of air monitoring to gather evidence supporting the improvement of air quality, public health, and influencing public policy for emission reduction in targeted areas of the Port of Oakland and the three freeways surrounding West Oakland. WOEIP is leading the West Oakland Community Action Plan in Emissions Reduction under the State of California with the development of AB 617, along with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and selected consultants, by residents of West Oakland. Ms. Margaret Gordon is the mother of three adult sons, 17 grandchildren, and 1 great-granddaughter.